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• A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (London: Printed for the author, 1772), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at loc.gov
  • page images at HathiTrust; illustration at front may be missing
• Le Gratie d'Amore (in Italian; facsimile images from 1602 and 1604 editions), by Cesare Negri (page images with commentary at pbm.com)
• A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing (first edition), by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Weaver (page images at pbm.com)

• The Dancing Master (10th edition, 1698), ed. by John Playford (page images at LOC)

• The Friendship, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Godolphin, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Northumberland, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Pastorall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Rigadoon Royal, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Ann, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Portuguez, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall Galliarde, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Princess, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)

• The Friendship, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Godolphin, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Northumberland, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Pastorall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Rigadoon Royal, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Ann, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Portuguez, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall Galliarde, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Princess, by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)

• Orchesography: or, The Art of Dancing (second edition, 1715), by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Weaver (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Dancing-Master: or, The Art of Dancing Explained, by Pierre Rameau, trans. by John Essex
  • illustrated HTML at baroquedance.info
  • HTML and page images at LOC
• The Gentleman and Lady's Companion (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Orchesography: or, The Art of Dancing (first edition), by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Weaver
  • page images at pbm.com
  • Gutenberg illustrated HTML

• A Collection of Ball-Dances Perform'd at Court, by John Weaver (HTML and page images at LOC)

• Asa Willcox's Book of Figures, 1793, by Asa Willcox (HTML and page images at LOC)
• For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing, by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Essex (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Scholars Companion, Containing a Choice Collection of Cotillons and Country-Dances, by M. J. C. Fraisier (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Gentleman and Lady's Companion (HTML and page images at LOC)

• The Scholars Companion, Containing a Choice Collection of Cotillons and Country-Dances, by M. J. C. Fraisier (HTML and page images at LOC)

• The Art of Dancing Explained by Reading and Figures, by Kellom Tomlinson (HTML and page images at LOC)

• A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (London: Printed for the author, 1772), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at loc.gov
  • page images at HathiTrust; illustration at front may be missing

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• American Clown: Athletic Dance for Men or Boys (second edition, 1927), by George Martin Caskey (frame-dependent page images at sc.edu)
• The Art of Dancing: Its Theory and Practice, by F. Leslie Clendenen (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Clendenen's Treatise on Elementary and Classical Dancing, by F. Leslie Clendenen (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Course of Instruction in Dancing and Aesthetic Development of the Body, by L. F. Segaldo (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Dances of To-Day, by Albert W. Newman (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Danciad, by Thomas Wilson (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Dancing, As a Means of Physical Education, by Mrs. Alfred Webster (HTML and page images at LOC)
• How to Dance the Revived Ancient Dances, by Ardern Holt (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Lure of the Dance (Los Angeles: T. A. Faulkner, c1916), by Thomas A. Faulkner
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML and page images at LOC
• Public Dance Halls: Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents, by Ella Gardner (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Sketches Relative to the History and Theory, but More Especially to the Practice of Dancing, by Francis Peacock (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Social Dance, by R. A. Adams (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Stage and Fancy Dancing, by F. C. Nott (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Tango and Other Up-to-Date Dances, by J. S. Hopkins (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Terpsichorean Monitor, by William E. Greene (HTML and page images at LOC)
• "Tips to Dancers," Good Manners for Ballroom and Dance Hall, by Vivian Persis Dewey (HTML and page images at LOC)
• A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Dancing, by James P. Cassidy (HTML and page images at LOC)
• A Treatise on the Use and Peculiar Advantages of Dancing and Exercises, Considered as a Means of Refinement and Physical Development, by Francis Mason (page images and partial HTML at LOC)
• Letters on the Theatre and the Dance (New York: The Polychrome Corp., 1942), by Lasar Galpern (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dancing at Home and Abroad, by C. H. Cleveland (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Dancing, Beauty, and Games (London: A. L. Humphreys, 1913), by Constance Stewart-Richardson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

More items available under broader and related terms at left.